My ovarian reserve wasn't great and my husband's sperm count was impacted by cancer and chemo. However, the clinics basically ignored it all and said it was unexplained infertility.
Read MoreBefore starting treatment, the next nine months were utter torture. Between my friend group, social media, and even in the damn grocery store, I felt like the only person who wasn’t pregnant. It seemed like everywhere I went, another annoyingly happy pregnant belly was staring me in the face.
Read MoreAfter numerous medical procedures during our infertility journey including surgery for polyp removal, an HSG that resulted in an infection, multiple uterine biopsies, hysteroscopies, 5 IUI's, an egg retrieval and transfer that resulted in our embryo splitting, diagnosis of twin to twin transfusion, the loss of one of our twins at 17.5 weeks (our baby Emmy), PPROM (Premature rupture of membranes) 17 weeks on bed rest, 11 of those inpatient in the hospital plus a NICU stay, we finally had our miracle baby, Mollie Hope.
Read MoreI was born and raised in Romania, but my life changed when I was widowed with two young kids. I remarried, and after a second-trimester loss due to an “incompetent cervix,” I was confronted with secondary infertility.
Read MoreAfter experiencing the pain and loneliness of infertility and realizing how lucky I was to have had my experience begin in Israel (where it’s free), I knew I needed to help others. With the realization that cost, education, and access are tremendous stumbling blocks for this “unspoken” issue in the Jewish community, I gathered a team and we created the Jewish Fertility Foundation.
Read MoreI was born and raised in London, UK. I have a very diverse heritage which is why I’m deeply passionate about cultivating an inclusive culture on and off Instagram. I’m a travel addict and I love absolutely everything about visiting different countries, from eating local foods to experiencing different cultures.
Read MoreComing from a publishing background, I truly believe in the power of words to heal, inspire, and let people know they are not alone, which is why I started The Fertility Tribe to provide an online community for those dealing with infertility and pregnancy loss.
While I would have spared my husband and myself the heavy heartache that colored our journey, looking back, I have found beautiful meaning in our experiences, in our loss, and in the life that we have created together.
I’m 33 years old. I live in Los Angeles, CA. I wear a lot of different hats— wife, mother, actress, dog mom, sister, fertility warrior, daughter, friend. I feel very lucky to be fully vaccinated. I can’t wait to hug people.
Read MoreI am a young adult librarian and youth advocate who works in a public library in the Chicago suburbs. I've been married to my husband Jahbari for almost 17 years. After nearly ten years in the infertility journey, and 7 years to the day I started the Broken Brown Egg, we had our son Judah after a successful round of IVF.
Read MoreI am an empathetic fiery Latina from NYC living in the suburbs of Charlotte North Carolina. I love deep conversations about life and purpose while sipping on a glass of Rosé.
Read MoreI am a secondary infertility warrior and mom-of-two based in Brooklyn. My husband and I started dating when we were 16 (but, caveat, we dated other people when we went to two different colleges.) I've been a journalist my entire career and pivoted to launching my podcast, Infertile, and co-founding Fertility Rally after going through infertility profoundly changed me as a human
Read MoreI’m an animal, travel, tv/movie, holiday junkie living in Austin, Texas. I work in commercial real estate full time and co-own Fertility Rally - I host/run the Fab Fertility account and podcast in my free time. My husband Will (no relation to Willie) and I got married in 2017 and have been trying to grow our family ever since.
Read MoreI'm a pediatrician by training but was compelled to do this work after my own personal journey with secondary infertility and multiple miscarriages. I worked in the Jewish pregnancy loss space first and then created @iwassupposedtohaveababy as a way to bring comfort and support to anyone in this community who was struggling.
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